American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 29th Annual Meeting for Bone and Mineral Science

Objective

The ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting is designed to allow attendees to present new developments in education, research and clinical practice related to bone and mineral metabolism. The program objectives include updating attendees on the recent advances in osteoporosis and other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism, steroid hormones and receptors, calciotropic and phosphotropic hormones, cancer and bone, bone acquisition and pediatric bone disease, cartilage and connective tissue matrix, bone biomechanics, and growth factors.
Date: Sunday - Wednesday, September 16 - 19, 2007

Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Who Should Attend?
Researchers, Physicians, Clinicians, and other Allied Health Professionals with interests in Endocrinology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Pathology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Dentistry, Nephrology, and Pharmacology.

Registration Information

Pre-Registration Deadline (on or before July 19th)

ASBMR Member -- $265
ASBMR Member(Resident, Student, Fellow) -- $70
Non-member -- $395
Non-member(Resident, Student, Fellow) -- $100
Allied Health Professional -- $100
Spouse/Guest -- $30
Social Event -- $30
Advance copy of Abstracts book -- $45
New Investigator/New Member Breakfast -- Free
ASBMR Fun Run/Walk - Free

Late/Onsite Registration: Friday, July 20, 2007 and after

ASBMR Member -- $330
ASBMR Member(Resident, Student, Fellow) -- $190
Non-member -- $495
Non-member(Resident, Student, Fellow) -- $240
Allied Health Professional -- $240
Spouse/Guest -- $30
Social Event -- $30
Advance copy of Abstracts book -- not available
New Investigator/New Member Breakfast -- Free
ASBMR Fun Run/Walk -- Free

*Residents, Students, Fellows and Allied Health Professional categories can save 50% off the registration rate until July 19th. In addition, there are hundreds of new $400 travel grant opportunities for young investigator abstract submitters.
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Meeting Highlights Include:

* Gerald D. Aurbach Memorial Lecture on Calcium Signaling in Health and Disease by Sir Michael Berridge, FRS
* Louis V. Avioli Memorial Lecture on Contributions to Osteoclast Biology by Tatsuo Suda, D.D.S, Ph.D.
* Special Lecture on The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Peer Review: A Vision for Insuring its Strategic National Value by Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D.
* A Debate on: Excessive Suppression of Bone Remodeling by Antiresorptive Agents - Fact or Fiction? with Socrates Papapoulos, M.D and Ego Seeman, M.D., FRACP.
* New Oral Poster Sessions featuring the highest ranked posters
* Plenary Symposia
* Basic and Clinical Symposia
* Concurrent Oral and Poster Sessions
* A Special Session for Allied Health Professionals
* NIH Center for Scientific Review Workshop
* Special Session on the Ins and Outs of Research Funding
* Meet-the-Professor Sessions
* State-of-the-Art Lectures

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ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting

About ASBMR
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is a professional, scientific and medical society established to bring together clinical and experimental scientists involved in the study of bone and mineral metabolism. ASBMR encourages and promotes the study of this expanding field through annual scientific meetings, an official journal

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